Bon Voyage goes Buh-Bye
Xuriel:
Quote from: talysman on 2008 August 09, 00:47:57
When you say you checked and found that Windows really did report that BV was not installed, I'm assuming you mean it's not listed in the Add Or Remove Programs control panel. Which means it's not in the registry. However, are the BV files actually missing from Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage?
The BV files were still in Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage and the expansion was still listed under Add or Remove Programs, but if I tried clicking on the remove button nothing would happen. I'm pretty sure that it's a registry problem, but can't pinpoint what triggers it, since it only happens with Bon Voyage and no other applications are ever affected I thought that it might be something related to TS2 itself.
It can't be a Windows restore point issue because I installed everything in order and then patched before installing the next expansion, so Teen Style and Free Time were installed after BV and they stayed in place every time. It's definitely not SecuROM and I also ran virus scans and there's nothing in that regards.
Anyway, I reinstalled BV again and I'll keep close tabs in case that it happens again. I hadn't thought about it being a hard drive problem, so I'll check on that also. Thanks for the tip.
talysman:
I thought you said that you checked and BV really was uninstalled? What did you check?
It sounds now like you just have a problem with it deleting vacation hoods. Is that correct? Or is the BV functionality disabled?
And just to verify, you aren't using the launcher, correct?
Xuriel:
Every time this happened I got the notification that BV had been uninstalled after the game finishes loading in the Free Time screen. Clicking okay lets me continue to the Neighborhoods screen, but in any Neighborhood I enter the the icon for the BV subhoods is disabled, so there is no access to the vacation hoods and any BV vacation actions are no longer available.
Going back to the Programs Menu in Windows the expansion is no longer listed with the others under the EA Games menu. The files are still in the C:\Program Files\EA GAMES folder, but the game just doesn't recognize them as being there. I don't use the launcher, I boot the game from a shortcut linked to a No-CD exe.
Like I mentioned before, I just reinstalled BV and Free Time. I have checked the Registry for errors and I can't find any system problems, so I'll run the game for the next few days and see if things run okay this time.
cwykes:
I've used a registry cleaner before now - PCtools Registry Doctor. There's a DL of it with only partial functionality. My son told me after registry cleaners were "a bad thing" so I'm not sure whether to recommend trying that or not....
witch:
Try the Crap Cleaner or ERUNT, a registry backup and restore utility and NTREGOPT, a registry optimiser.
I've used both with good results.
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